Wire-fence machine.



I NC. 850,617. PATENTED APR.16, 1907. G. A. he I D. BLUMB.

WIRE FENCE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. :1, 1906 10 SHEETS-SHEET l.

j- N WITNESSES: 1N VLN 101% Charles A-Blume and 71. a-/ n/oy s mPATENTED APR. 16, 1907.

C. A. & I. D. BLUME.

WIRE FENCE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.91 JO6,

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WITNESSES:

, g; mmzvzozas. CharlesABlumzA l ra' D .Blume.

ATTORNEY- PATENTED APR. 16, 1907.

O. A. & I. D. BLUME.

WIRE FENCE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILBDAUG.9,1906.

10 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

- INVENTORS Charl'e's A.B1um.e M1 Ira D.B1ume,.

Wu zvEssEs:

ATTORNEI.

No. 850,617 PATENTED APR.16, 1907-. 0. A. & 1. 1). BLUME. WIRE FENCEMACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.9.1906.

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0. A. $5 1" D. BLUME. WIRE PENGE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.9,1906.

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INVENTORS. Charles A.B1um "1 Ira D Bl'upne.

Zrrwwsr mammal) APR. 1s, 5.90?

C. A. &I. D. BLUME. WIRE FENCE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG, {1. was.

PATENTED APR. 16, 1907.

0. A. 8: I. D. BLUME. WIRE FENGB MABHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 11001.9, 1906.

10 EHEETSSiHBf-T 7.

INVENTORS. Charles A.Blume "A .lra D.B]ume.

I WITNESSES.-

; ATTORNEK PATEN'IED APR. 16, 1907.

Gv A. & I D. BLUME.

WIRE FENCE MACHINE APPLICATION FILED AUG .9. wow,

1o EiHEETS-SHEET s.

Char eaA.Blume aml .Blume.

ATTORNEY PATENTED APR. 16, 1907.

C. A. (Kc I. D. BLUME. WIRE FENCE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJJ. 1900.

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A YTORNE K PATENTED APR. 16, 1907.

C. A. & I. D. .BLUME. WIRE FENCE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1000 wzbvassis ATTORNEY the actuationof the'reel.

[,45 tion and claims.

a certain new and useful Wire-F is'a. full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying wire-fence fabrichaving a diamond or sim1-' strand-wires with which other wires are"'woven diagonally in two directions.

' shuttle about said tubes and-means for shift- "Several features ofinvention are involved in that may. 'be regulated automaticallvas thethe left-hand si'le of the machine. sho'ws the reel actuating and Icontrolling uncc i'a'n-i-sni as it appearsin Fig. l, but on an 5Figfli'zis aplan view of the iniuiliine, parts he- .o'n'the line 4 4 ofFig U NITED s'r 'rEs CHARLES A. BLUt fE PATENT oFFtoE.

AND IRA D. BLUME, OF FARMLAND, INDiANA,

WIRE-FENCE NIACH|N E..

Specification (f LettersPatent.

Patented April 16, 1907.

Application filed Au ust 9.1906. Seri l No- 329,805,

Tea/ll whonvit Hwy concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES A. BLUMF. and IRA l). BLUME, of Farmland,count of Randolph,and State of Indiana,have invented ence Machine; andwe do hereby declare that the following drawings, in which like lettersrefer to like parts. r

' he object of this invention is to provide a practical and efficientmachine for automaticall y manufacturing wire fabric, especially a larvmesh wherein there are longitudinal One feature of the inventionconsists in the weaving mechanism, wherein the longi tudinal wires assthroughirotary tubes individually and tire tubes carry disk-like meansoverlapping and enacting for revolving a i'ng the shuttle alternatelyfrom the disks on one tubett. the disks on an adjacent tube.

the construction of this weaving mechanism. Anothe feature of theinvention consists is: thej'mann'er of co n'structing the reel andthemeans for actuating it intermittently reelingproceeds or as the coilof fabric on the reel increase's'in order that the surfaceof the reel orcoil'of fabric may have a rotary n'iovenientto a uniform extent, andthus have the coils of the mesh or diagonal wires on the longitudinalwires located at a uniformdis; t-anee apart. a

' There are several features of invention involved in the details of theconstruction for moved.

' tion of another form of switch-arm.

' The foregoing and other features of the invention w ll be understoodfrom the aceoni- --In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of Fig. 2

enlarged seale,'parts being broken away.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section ing broken away.

3 looking in the d rection indicated by' the arrows. Fig. 5 is a planview of thetwist-er mechanism viewed 5 5 from the line 5 5 of F igA.Fig. 6 is the same as Fig. 5 with the spool mechanism operated farther.Fig. 7 is a horizontal section on the line 7 7 of Fig. 4.. Fig. 8 is avertical section on the line 8 8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is the same as 60Fig. 7 with the upper plate and .twisters re- Fig. 10 is a sideelevation of one form of an arm of a switch, parts being broken away andparts in section. Fig. 11

is a plan view thereof. Fig. '12 is a side eleva- 6 5 Fig. 13

is a plan view thereof. Fig. 14 is a'se ct-ion on the line 14 14 of Fig. 5, showing the camoperating means. Fig. 15 is a front elevation ofthe means for operating and controlling the reel, parts being brokenaway. Fig. '16 is a horizontal section on the line 16 1(3 of Fig. 15,parts being broken away and an altered position being shown by dottedlines. Fig. 17 is a side elevation of a part of the means for operatingthe reel, parts being 'broken away. Fig. 18 is the same with the camadded, it being a section on the;

line 18 18of Fig. 15 Fig. 19 is a side elevation of a shuttle. Fig.2-0.is a central him gitudinal section thereof. Fig.21 is a section onvthe line 21 21 of Fig. 19. Fig. ll-is the lower right-hand corner ofFig. 20, but on an enlarged scale,.sho.wing the sprin bolt de ressed,thetp'per portion of said bolt being s iown by dotted lines. Fig. 23 isa 'frontolevationof the. shuttles and associate tw1ster nreehan' sm.;F1g. 24 1s a rear elevation of the reel, parts being-broken away.

Fig. 25 is.-a vertical longit'udinal section 0 thereof. Fig. 26 is athin view of the double controlling the n; -cli=aii sm. F ig.. l?- is aside elevation of the 'eeland means actuated by the bundle that is woundon the. reel for controlling the operalionof the reel-aetuating 5nieehauis n. Fig. 28- is'zt seetioi'i on the line 28 28 of Fig. 24. Fig.ZQis a sertiou'on the line 2.) 20 of Fig. "Fig, 30 is a central verticallongitudinal section through the twister lherhanisin shown in Fig. 7.Fig. 31 10c is a. perspective view of the epperand lower tnister-heacls.parts being broken away. Fig. 252 is a perspective view of the lowertwister-head from 'a'positiol'i different from the.v shown in Fig. 3l.--Fig. 33 is a plan view of the drii iiigsmeehanism for the weava of l ig.4.

being broken lower part of Fig. 2. v Referring now to the details of theconstruction of the machine herein shown for the pt'rposeofilliistra'ting the general nature of our 1nventioI the frame of the1r. aehine con sists of transverse bears 40, 4-1, 42, 43, and 44, asseen in Fig 1', with a longitudinal beam 'at each side of the machinenioi nted upon said cross-beans. At each side of the -n:a-

chine-there are'fovr posts 46, 47, ,48, and 49, ,rnotnted 1' pen thelongitrdinal beam 45, and. lipon'said posts there is a longitrd inally-etendin beam at each side of the machine. There is a cross-plate 51(shown inFig. 4) secured at each end. to the posts 46 and 47 at eachside of the machine, and a cross-beam 53, that is n'ortised at each endinto' the beams 50. ,There is an Upper frame built lpjon thel'owerfrarne that consists of the v'er tieal posts 54 and. abrace 55 andan interniediate brace 56 at each side of the machine and imotnted uponthe-beam 50. This rp-,

per'franie is strengthened by across-plate 57,

work.

"This enables said free ends of the shafts 6O and'filto be elevated forthe insertion of or secured rpon brackets 58, that are fastened to thefront faces o'f 'the vertical. posts 54. There is alsoljairod 59,' thatextends from one 0st 54 tot-l1" ornis' a. :part fand strengthens theframe- "At thefront portionof the Inachine two 5 col-shafts 60 and 61are mounted in in-- c ined posts 62, that are secrred UPOl'l the r pgerpart of the front end of the loi'igitudinal 'earrl's 45, and said osts,62 are braced by braces 63. Theposg; .62 at the right-hand side of themachine are provided with slots '64, in which the right-hand ends of theshafts 60 and 61 drop and operate. (See'Fig. 35.)

on which wire 66 is wog'nd'for the strand-wires ot'the: fabric.

ools on the 1pper shaft 60, and one wire cads from each spool, so that afence fabric will be made having elevenhorizontal strands. Any number ofspools maybe employed so as to provide the desired number of horizontalstrands of wire in a fence. "The wires 66 from said spools extendarovndeach of the rolls 67 and 68, that aremoimted in s'a'itable bearings se-[cored upon the longitudinal beams 45, and thence, stt'ld wires passunder a roller 69, slamlarly mosnted -so rewhat to the roar of the frontrollers 67 and 68. Tltpnt-e the wires pass upward through the weavingIILOIlluillSll'l and 'e other, as seen in Fig. 4, and

herein shown, there are six spools on the lower shaft 61 and five s overanother roller 70, mornted at the i'pper end of the posts 54, and. oversaid roller to a reel 71', that is niornted at the rear of the machine,as will hereafter be explained. These longitudinal strand l-wires arefirst drawn throrghthe machine, asabove described, and secrred to thereel and made tarzt before the weaving of the fabric begins.

After the weavingbf'the fa riches com menced the fabric passes from theweaving mechanism 11 over the roller to the reel, and after sai' fabricreaches the reel the preceding ends of the strand-wires are cut away andremoved. The reel mechanism there fore draws the fence fabric and'thestrandwires through the machine and holds the sane taut. s

Power is applied to the machine throu h the pulley 75, that is mountedloosely on t we shaft 7 6, which. extends transversely throughtheymachine, as appears in- Fig. 3. At one end said shaft, extends totheleft heyondithe side of the inaci'tine, and its extreme end ismo'untedin a bearing 77 on a bracket 78, that is secured to the posts46'and 48, as seen in Fig. 1. There is a friction-clntch 79 secured tothe shaft, that is moved into clutchi'ng engagement with. the pulley 75by a lever 80, that is fulcrumed at 81 on the bracket 78, i

said lever being fastened to tltedowntur'ned end of a rod 83yextendinacross the inachine and mounted in suitablebearmgs upon the top beam 50,so that said rod may be'sl'i'ifted longitudinally of itself ortransversely ofthe machine by hand-levers 84, one bein at each side ofthe machine and mounted in brackets 85 on the posts 46 and top beams 50.Said.

levers 84 are connected with. saidrod by the couplings 86, so that whensaid hand-levers are moved laterally of the machine they will shift thered 83 and throw the machine into and out of gear with. tie pulley 75,

too.

On the shaft 7 6 there are some bevel-gears secnred, that mesh. withcompanion hevelgears 91, which are secured on short shafts 92, thataremounted in bearings 93, fastened upon the plate 53. There are three setsof these short shits 92, and they'extend' longitudinally of the machineand are distributed throughout the machine for driyihgi the weaving andtwisting mechanism. lpon the front ends of the short shafts 92 there aresec u red bevel-gears 94, which. mesh. with compan ion bevel-gears 95,secured on the lower end of vertical tubes 96.

These tubes are" mounted at their lower ends upon the plate 5! and serveas guides for the strand-wires and as means for actuating the twisters.Power is transmitted from one tube to another by l'l'.(- gear-wheels"9T,98, and 99. 'Ilzerc are tiprvesets or series of tubes 96 and gears.

As shown in Figs. '3 and 4 one series or set. of four spurgoars 97111;t. .e leftare a four incline in diameter. The'five gear- Wheels 98midWayare five inches in diami the disks and teeth of each twister-headbeeter, andthe gearwheels 99 at the right hand are six inches indiameter. These gearls vary in diameter in order to vary the ancebetween the strand-wires. Thus it is moon that the'iirst three spacesbetween the wires at the left are four inches wide, and the next fourspaces are five inches wide, and the next three' are six inches wide.Two of the tubes, those between the series of different gears, havesecured upon them two gears corresponding in size with the gears of thetwo adjacent series. This for the purpose of causing absolute unii'ofiiiity oi. rotation of the various tnbestb avoid the danger of lostmot-ion? As shown in Fig. 23, there is secured upon each tube, near itslower end, a twister-head 100, which, as appears in Fig. 8', consist ofa I central hub portion with two radiating dlsks 101 BID (i102 near eachend of said hub. Said disks are identical in form and arrangement and.appear 1n plaIFas shown in F g. 7 but ,the twister-heads on the adjacenttubes are inverted with relation-to each other, as shown I in Fig. 7 andFigs.,23. and 30; Each disk has a pair of oppositely-extending teeth103, with indentations on each side of said teeth to form the same, asshown at the left-hand end of Fig 31 and in 32, so that each twisterheadhas two disks and four of the teeth 103,

- ing in vertical alinelnent' with each other.

' operate with each other to move-and actuate Therelore, as showniIrFig. 30, the adjacent. disks of the various twister-heads overlapeachother, and the teeth 103 thereof ooa shuttle 110. N

The upper twis tar-heads 105 likewise have two disks 106 and 107, allintegral with the twister-head"and forming a part thereof.

These disks 100 and 107 are in vertical aline Inent. The forni oi theupper disk 107 is ShOWIl'lHFlg. 5, it being circular in form, ex-

cept on the two opposite sides it has inden- 45 tations at 108 toreceive the ends of the shuttle. The lower disk 106 ofthe zippertwisterheads is differently formed, as shown in Fig. 31', it having atooth 109, like the teeth 10:;

on the lower twister-howl, the disk being cut.

away on each side of said tooth. 109, so that an indentation will beformed immrdiately below and in alinernent with the indentation 108 inthe disk above.

As the twister-heads 4 revolvethey carry around the tube 96, the shuttle1 10, (showii' in Fi s. 19 and 20,) it being; in the form of a lilngitudinal bar, the 'body portion of which is' triangular incross-section and the upper and lower ends round. Between the endsandbodyportion there are disk-like plates 11], that ride upon the disks101 o! I the lower twister and under the disks 106 of the upper twister,as appears in Fig. 23, to serve as a guide during the revolution of theshuttle allqund the tube 96. The arms 111 wound and-which is wovendiagonally fronr one. longitudinal strand to another to, form thediagonal mesh of the fence fabric. The upper end of the bobbin isreduced and fits in a seat or hole 116 in'the plate 111 and the loop;113 at the upper end of the shuttle. 8c

The bobbin at its lower end has a longitudinal recess 117, that receivesa pin 118, carried in the part 1.19, connected with the lower arm 111and pressed'upward by a spring 120 in a longitudinal chamber in the part112.

This spring forces the pin 118 into engage ment witlrthe lower bobbin tohold'it in place. A stop-pin 121 is fastened to the pin 118 and 'extendsthrough a guiding slot 122 in the part 119, as shown in Figs. 20 and22., The

lower position of the pin 118 is shown in Fig. 22. v

-The bobbin 114 has a wire hole125 in it near the upper end, in whichone end of the wire is inserted when one begins towind the wire on thebobbin; After the bobbin is 'put. in place on the shuttle the other orfree end of'the wire is passed-through'a tension-loop 126, that extendsloosely through a plate 127 and is-pressed downward. by a s ring 128;Thence the wire is passed up t rough an opening or passage-way 129 inthe upper end of the shuttle, as shown in Figs. 19 and 20.

The positioi of the shuttles and their relation to the twister-heads andtubes 96 are shown in Figs. 23 and 7. In the machine herein shown thereare ten shuttles for eleven longitudinal strands and elcven'tubes 96'.

As stated before, the twister-heads overlap each other, as shown inFigs. 5, .6, and 7. Both the upper and lower series of twisterheadsoperate in circular openings in what may-be called a twister-box,as-shown in F'gs. 7 and 8. The twister-box consists oftbe plates 135 and136, arranged parallel with each other, and they are secured at each endupon the rods 137 and held by shoulders on;

. said rods the desired distance apart and held toge her by said rods137, being riveted or invade-(1., They are provided with circularopenings" 138 for the twisterheads,-said openings cutting into eachother and varying in diameter to suit twister-heads o1" varyingdiameters as seen in Fig. The ends oi'tlng shuttles are held in saidcircular openings and in (he notches or recesses in the plates-p11 thetwister-heads, :LsShOWIiin Figs. 5 andffi,

The twister-heads arerotated eontlnu ously by means heretoforeexplained; art in the direction indicated by the arrows in Ft 5.

5 erinn for the shittimrbar lever both at the The twister-head boxes forboth the upper and lower series of twister-heads are formed the same asthat shown in Fig. 8, and which has been described. in Fig 9 there isshown the lower plate 135 of said box with the twister-heads and theupper plate 136 removed. Along each side of the twister-head box, asshown in Figs. 8 and 9. there is a shifting-bar 140, held in place bybrackets 14], that are secured by a pin 142- as well as through theplates 1235 and 136 of the twisterbox. The ends oi" the shifting-bars,as seen in Fig. 7, are ,i'iVOiHl at 1.43 to a lever 145,

fulorumed midway between its-ends on a pin 144, (shown in Fig.1,).whie-h serves as a fultop and bottom oi tie weaving meehanism. Theresult is that when one of the bars 140 is actuated it will through thelever 145 notuate the other bar in the opposite' .lireotion, so thatsaid shifting-bars move simultaneously in opposite direetions. The rearshifting-bar 140-is thvs moved by a cam-wheel 1.46,- the between twofrictionrollejrs 1.47, secured to the rear surface of a strap-plate 148on the rear surface of the rear shifting-bar 140,'as seen in Figs. 7 and8. The strap 148 'movesthrongh a pair of guides t and 9.

149, secured to thenndersideof the plate 135 of the'twister-wheel box.

The can-wheel 1.46 is divided nractieally into twoportions or halves, sothat 'd ring half the rev oht-ion thereof it wil n:bve the shifting-tars in one direction and d'ring the. other half-revol t-ion it will movethen in an opposite dii :tion. Said tram-'whoel is se cured on a shaft150 (shown in Fig. 5 as mo"nted at each end on the bean and which isaotrated by a gear-wheel'151, that meshes with pinion 152 on the shaft76, as wil be rnderstoo'd from Figs. 3 and 14.

The Shifting neehanistn wiil le t rthernderstood by an era vinat ion ofFigs. 7 to 13. It will lie 'o'served that to the nner sn'faee of eaohshitting-tar 14-0 in the lefthand nart pf the nae-hine, as shown in. ligs. 7 and 9, there is see red an inwardly-extending stationary or n155, as seen in Figs. ll)"an.d l 2, with the inner end. thereof sham)-imed, so thateaeh side of the'poiiit has the some degree of c rvat' reas t-ho'oienil' g 138 in the plates 1.35'and 136.:1s shown in Figs};These rigid shitting-ari's '155 are Used'for shifting: the shittlo alzothe fortinch tWister-headsf For the other twister-heads a'difierent forn is 'sed fswh. as'is shown in" the right.- hantlpartot l ig. and inFigs. 8,112, and 15?. There a right art 1.56 is Psed, the-point of whichis 0. ms? it otherw being like the arn 155, anil non which there is aniv'oted shiftin-ar:'n 157,tl 1at is no inted like the arm 155, 4ispivoted onthe am 156 ty 5. pin 158 a .olit; midway between its ends,and contmlly of its outer end there is a longitudithe - dentat ion it"arked F shifting-bars 140 in a direo;

..sliif; ingni-illy-extending slot 159, into which a pin 160 from theupper plate 136 of the twister-box extends, as Hf FOflP-Q in Fig. 8.Said pin 160 leing stationary holds the outer endof the shifting-arm 157stationary, so as to give its pointed end inereased'or exaggeratedmovement or throw, as eompared with "the ri id arm 155. (Shown in Figs.1(1nnd l1.) A1 of stntitmary arms 155 and 156 are braced by a longit'dinally-extending rod 161, as seen in Figs. 9 to 1 I The function of theshifter-arms 1'55 and 157 is to move or throw the slr'ttle from onetwisterhead to the adiar'ent twisterdiead. Ass ring the ITfl-llIS to bein the position seen in Fig. 5 and that the twister-head markedA wiilniove in the direction of the arrow, during the l" rt her operation of,the machine it 'witlearry the sh'ttle 1r flI'litHl B to therighti" Asthis is being done the shitting-bars 140 85. are leing moved, the frontone going to the left, as indieated by the arrow, so that by the; lti're the twister-head A earries the slrttle B down to the Point trarkedC the shifting-arm marked 1) will have leen .eoved to the left 8'flieiently far for its right-hand upper beveled edge to engage said shttle B and throw it to the right on the forward side of the twister-headirarl-ced lC-thatis, into the in- --lor by'the timethe/ sh tt'e B ge'tsarirnd toroint (l the indentation F in the twister-head E will also beat that point and the shitting.-ar.:n D will shiftthe sh tt-le from thetwister-head A'to the twister-head F) in the'indentation F. After the sh'ttle B th"s-is thro\\'n intothe grasp of the twister-head Eit will berevolved two times lay said twister-head, this caSing the wire to beboiled or wranped'two times. aro'md the strand-wire 66, as shown in Fig.23. r05 Vl l'iile ;.he 'Lwo revoluiio'rs of the. twis'fien head E aretaking lare, the earn-wheel 146 is making a half-revohil-ion, and-thenthe: 0am portion of said wheel acts to 'In'ove'th'e'" ion theieverse ofthat. whiehhas just been de sr'ribe'dfso that sai d shi'ii'ing arm-Dwill be ih wnfrom hs lefL-ltnml post "in back to i'ts! dotted-'littlerosi ion (show'nin Fig. 5) in time for its'rear lell hardinelined fare to engagethe'shuttle B, whi"-h is when in the grasp of-thetwisterhead i and shift. it 0' .he twister-head A tlifd info the sameinden'l'ation H i-ha t it is shown in in t irr. 5, alhough when theshifting takes lace said iiidentapion' will 11061711171911 the from sideof' the tie-tire instead ofth'e u' :;'er side, as shown. Then it.isjearried or 1rd by the twister-head 'A two times and aiio'lher tw' ismade-. This operation is repeated, so "that said shut-i lo beam "playsback and forth" in tho wis'ier-hea'ds A mid E andiilwafys enters theindent-a. ions H and Lilfewislii h sh'ufile will be shifted by the L toand from thetwis'l'er-hads A and M15 The eg gpla-nation relative to theshe-e17 movement of the shuttles (shown in Fig. in the grasp of thetwister-head A also ex- 'plains fully '1 he movements of the SllURlOSwires 115 are coiled about a strand-wire a the same time and point,excepting the to drawings.

and bottom wires of the fence fabric or on;- side' wires orstrand-wires, as shown in the Immediately after the two diagonal wires115 are thus coiled about a strandwire at the same time and place theyare moved away from said strand-wire in opposit e directions by theshuttles to the strand-wires on either side. In this way the diagonalmesh is formed. Pay-referring to 1* lg. 4 it will be observed that onthe rod 59 guides for guiding the lateral strand-wires of the fabric areshown, consisting of an arm or Four longitudiriallj -extending bars,which i may be also numbered 7.1,. engage at their ends loosely saidheads 182 and 183 to .form the reel. The ends of the wires 66 arefastened to them, as shown for illustration in Fig. 28, preliminary tothe weaving of the fabric. The reel is actuated intermittently by apawland ratchct mechanism. A ratchet-wheel 190 is secured on the shaftand is driven, by a set of pawls 191, that extend tlirougiii apawl-plate 192, and on their outer ends are held down by springs 193around bolts 194, that pass througn the springs, outer ends of thepawls, and pawl-plate 192, as seen in Fig. 2. These springs hold thepawls in engagement with the ratchet. The ra-tchetrplate is fastened onalever 195, that is fulcrumed on the reel-shaft 181, and is actuated bya'reciprocating bar 196.

The lever 195 is formed of two parallel bars, as seenin Fig-16, thatextend on each bracket-170, carrying aroller or sh1eavepuh,,,,-;;ide ofthe reciprocating bar 196 and beley 171 thereon that rides in front ofand against a wire. Also a wheel 172 rotates on. said rod 59 and bearsagainst the-inside surface of the strand-wire. There is one on each sidethat tends to press outward against the strand-wires ,and maintain.thefence fabric at a uniform width and prevent the lateral strand-wiresfrom being drawn inward during the manufacture of thefence.

- A collar 17-3 is fastened on the rod 59 at the inner side of the wheel17 2 to hold said wheel in the proper position.

The wire fabric is fed through the machine intermittently by themechanism that drives the reel 71. The reel is mounted on a doubleshaft, as shown in Figs. 25 and 26., consisting of what may be calledthe major shaft member 180 and. a minor aft member 181 The act-u atingmechanism is mounted on the the minor shaft member 181, whereas the reelpro er is chiefly mounted on the major portion 180, so that said-reeland major portion of the shaft may be removed when desired. The reelconsists, in. addition to said shaft, of a head 182, mounted loosely onthe said shafi: ISO-and an opposite head 183, that is also mountedloosely. on the extreme, inner. on d of the said shaft and extendsbeyond said shaft member, so as to leave a central recess "forthe innerend of the minor shaft member 181. As' seen inil- 11g. 26, the adjacentends of the two slmft members 180 and 181 are square or angular in formand ihe 1111101. portion 'of the head "183 is similarly formed, so

that the reel may be inserted in place \Vlbll the head 183 engaging andupon the inner end of'the minor shaft member 181. The minor shaft memberhas a sarong statiynarytween pairs of'guiding-lugs 197 loosely, so

that said reciprocating bar 196' may be. moved up and down withreference to said lever 195 by'a screw 198 Said screw 198 passes througha threaded hole in the end of the bar 196 and is mounted on a plate 199near'its lower end, which issecured to the lower portion of the lever195. 198 is actuated by a bevel-gear 200, that meshes with a worm 201 ona shaft 202, that .is mounted in the'lower end of the lever 195, whichis driven by a sprocket-wheel 203 and sprocket-chain 2 04 andasp'rocket-wheel 205, that is mounted on the shaft 181. i

As the bar 196 is reciprocated it drives the reel in the directionindicated by the arrow intermittently with each movement thereof. As thereel turns it actuate's the screw 198, wlich moves down slowly andgradually the reciprocating bar 196, so that the angular movement of thereel by said reciprocating bar diminishes as the fabric increases in diameter on. the reel. The backward move-'- ment of the reel is preventedby the pawls 206 on the frame formed of'the parts 207 and 208, thataresecured to the si do of the beam 50.,

Said screw lie 'The bar 196 for actuating the reel is operated forwardlyby a bar 210, to which it is pivoted, said bar 210 being pivoted to thepost 211,which extends outwardly from the upright-54 ofthe frame, thispart of the mechanism being shown in Figs. 15 to 18. Said bar has aplurality of holes 212,.1'11 which a pivot-pin 213 may be located .for

varying tiie extent of throw or forward move ment of the 'bar 196'. Therearward or return movement of said bar 1. 96 is caused, by aspring'214, one. end of whichis connected with said bar 196 and theotherend to the beam 50', as appears in Figs. 1 and.16,

Tic swin ingbar 210 receives its actuatin' movei'nent' roiri the b81217,that is pivoted toit by a pin 219,.th-at extends looselyinto a 1omechanism that may be desired.

ring to Fig. 17 it is seen that as the wheel 223 'tance and maintain thesame taut;

cairn groove or guide 220, which is secured to the beams 47 and 50 andhas on its end a shoe 221, adapted to be engaged by a pin 222,eccentrically located on a Wheel 223, that is 5 mounted on the shaft 76,as seen in Fig. '3.

'll e bar 210 has a number of holes 224 and tie bar 217 has a numberotholes 225, so that the pivot-pin 218 may be adjusted to suit theextent of movement of the Weaving By referunderstood from the following"explanation; A bar-230 is suspended from the pin 211 be ac side the bar210, and at its lower end it carries a box 231, to'which is secured astop-pin 232, that rests to the rear of the bar 210.

Said box 231 and pin 232 may-be moved" horizontally by a screw 235,mounted in brackets 236,- secured' to a bar 237,. that is movablehorizontally in notches in the plates 1 238, secured on the upright'54,as SllOWIl lI]. Fig. 16, Said bar 237' extends over and across the beam.50 and at its rear end is piv- 3o oted to a lever'241 between its ends,as seen in Figs. 1 and 27. The lever 241 is fulcrumed 'at its lower endat 242 to the beam 45 and at its upper end is turned rearwardly at aright angle andhas secured to it an arm 239, that bears against thebundle of fabric on thereel and as said bundle increases it pushes "theparts described forward. Such moyeliient o the bar 23.7 causes thestop-pin 232 toen age and hold relatively farther for 4.0' wardtheangi'rig bar 210, 'so as to limit the return movement of said bar 210and reduce the eiitent of its forward movement by the pin 22 2 on the"wheel 223 in-proportionto th'e' nidreasing'size of the bundle of fabricon the reel.v The screw 2, 35 is for the purpose'of ad I y hand at anytime and for any desired purnose. The screw2-35 has a hand-wheel 240.

, The s ring214 holds the arm 239against the bund e of fabric on'thereehIt will be thus seen thatlth'ere are several means herein provided forreglszating the extent of movement of the reel 111 proportion to thesize of the bundle of fabric thereon, so

that it may have the proper movement to.

draw the fabric at eaeh step the proper dis- After suflicient fabric hasbeen wound upon the reel and it is desired to remove the bundle offabric the pin 187 is removed and the lefthand end of the reel, as shownin Fig. 24-, is

"disengaged and moved rearwardly and then the w e reel is drawn to theleft, so that it will disengage the nzinor shaft lremlzer 18].

5 Then the shaft is removed from the reel that listing thisautomatically-regslated dev ce is in the bundle of wire, and the headsare removed and the slats or bars 71 collapsed and all are then takenout of the bundle.

to secure by Letters Patent, is

through each of which a Wire'may pass, said tubes arranged in series atvarying distances each adapted to carry. a wire to be woven with wirespassing through said tubes, means erally about said tubes, means forshifting each shuttle periodicallv from one tube to an adjacent tube,gears o the same size-on all of said tubes. in each series thatsuccessively the series, substantially as set forth.

2; In a wire-fabric m achine, parallelrotary tubes through each of whicha wire may pass, a pair of disks secured on each shaft of sub stantially similar conformation and each provided with apairofdiainetricteeth with an indentation beside the teeth, the disks of adjacent tubesoverlappingeach other, a guide plate hugging said-disks on each side,and a shuttle carrying a wire adapted to be woven with the wiresextending through said tubes that projects between said disks beside theteeth thereof, whereby said shuttle will be raised to revolve about saidtubes.

3; In a wire-fabric machine, parallel rotary tubes each having a Wirepassing through it,

and. havecoaeting projections and indentations, a plate about saiddislts and conforming to the curvature thereof, and a shuttle carrying awire adapted to be woven with the jects between saidplate and. disks inthe in; dentationsthereof, and means for shifting said shuttle from onedisk to the other alters natel. I y 4. i na wire-fabric machine,parallel rotary tubes having each a wire through it, a twisterh'eadsecured on'said tubes. and having two' parallel disl' s of similar formeach having diametrically-extendin teeth with a recess adjacent'ther'eto and. said in vertical alinement with eaclrothena pair ofplates with openings therethrough to pro vide a guide within which each.011, said twister-beads operate, and a shuttle carrying a wireadaptedto be woven Withwires eitwhereby the rotation of the tubes;.cause the rotation of the shuttles.

through it, a twister-head secured to 53},

metrically extending teeth and ant-index},

' What I claim as my invention, and, desire 5 1.. he W1l6:f8il=I'lCmachine, parallel tubes dislrs on said tubes that overlap each other- 5.In 'a wire-fabric machine, parallel rotary vertical tubes having eachawire passing,

- apart, shuttles parallel with said tubes and on said tubes forrevolving said-shuttles se'v intermesh, there being gears of two serieson each tube between ad 'ac-ent series of tubes, and a single means fordriving one tube in all:

wires extending through said tubes that pio- IZO- rtending through saidtubes that projects be-. tween sald twister-heads and said plates,

end of said tubes and having disks with dine -tion beside each tooth, ashield plate hugging ."teeth' project, whereby said shuttle will be theframework and a central socket in the.

held in its vertical position and revolved about said tubes.

6. In a wire-fabric machine, parallel rotary tubes through. each ofwhich a wire may pass, shuttles adapted to carry other wires to be wovenwith wires passing through said tubes, means. on said tubes forrevolving said shuttles about said tubes, a wriodically-movableshifter-bar, arms extending'rig'idly from saidshifting-bar,-.shiftingarm s pivoted on said rigid arms that are pointedwith a curved bevel on each side of the end, anda stop for limiting themovement of said shifting-arm 7. In a wire-fabric machine, paralleltubes through each of which a wire may pass, said tubes beingindifferent series, the' distance of the tubes apart differing in thedifferent series, shuttles adapted to carry other wires to be woven withthe wires passing through said tubes, disks varying in their diametersfor revolving the shuttles about saidtubes, a shifting-bar mounted ateach side of the row of tubes, means for' periodically operating saidshifting-bars in opposite directions simultaneously, and shifting-armsextending.

from said shifting-bars in the proximity of said disks, theshifting-arms for the narrow disks being stationary and theshifting-arms for the larger disks being pivoted, saidshifting-armsbeing pointed and having a concave edge at each side of thepoint, so that each shuttle-wi1l be shifted from one 'diskto the next.

8. In a wire-fabric machine, a frame, means for maintaining thelongitudinal strandwires of the fabric in a vertical position, means forweaving other wires across and with said. strand-wires,'a transverse rodsecured tothe frame behind the fabric above the weaving mechanism, asheavepull.ey mounted at each side of the machine on the rod for bearingagainst the front surface of the lateral str and-wires, and wheelsmounted upon said rod that engage the inner surfaces of said strandqvires, substantially as set. forth,

9. In a wire-fabric machine, a reel upon which the fabric is wound as itis woven, consisting of a removable shaft, heads loosely mounted onsaid. shaft, and longitudinal bars loosely mounted in said heads.

-10. In a fence-fabric machine, a reel hav mg a shaft removably mountedat one end on other end, and a reel-actuating shaft mount.- ed in theframework upon which the socketed end of the reel may be placed orremoved,

whereby the reel is readily mounted and re movable.

1].. In a fence-fabric machine, a reel upon which the fabric is wound asit is woven, a

lever fulcrumed. coaxially with the reel,

means connected with said le ,er {fen actuat' ing the reel. in onedirection, a reciprocating ing the reel in one direction, areciprocating bar movably engaging said lever, a screw passing throughsaid reciprocating bar,-.

means on said lever in which said screw has bearing, a bevel-gear on theend of sand screw, a worm-wheel mounted in sardlever that eni gages saidbevel-gear, a sprocket-wheel connected with said worm-wheel, asprocketwheel on the reel-shaft, and a spr0cket-chain connecting saidsprockets, substantially as set forth. I

13. In a fence-fabric machine, a feel for receiving the fabric as it isbeing woven,- a, reciprocating bar for intermittently actuat:

ing the reel in one direction, a suspended bar to which saidreciprocating bar is pivoted, a driving-wheel near said bar, meansconnect ed with said swinging b'ar that is engaged periodically by saidwheel for actuating said reciprocating bar in one direction, andadjustable means for limiting the return move-- ment of said swingingbar, whereby the limit of movement of said reel may be regulated. 14. Ina fence-fabric machine, a reel for receiving the fabric as it is beingwoven, a reciprocating bar for intermittently actuat ing the reel in onedirection, a suspended bar to which said reciprocating bar is pivoted adriving-wheel near said bar, means connected with said swinging bar thatis engaged perlodically by said wheel for actuatmg sal-d reciprocatingbar in one direction, and ad justable means for limiting the returnmovement of sanl swinging bar, whereby the hunt of movement of said reelmay be regulated.

15. In a fence-fabric machine, a reel for receiving the fabric asiswove-n, a reciprocating bar for actuating said reel, a driving-wheelwith a pin mounted eccentrically on. it, adjustable means engaged by said'pin at each revolution of the wheel formcvi'ng said reciprocatingbar in one direction," and a. cam-guide for regulating the position ofsaid means so it will be engaged by the pin on s aid wheel duringvarious adjustments.

'egln guiue for regulating the position of sail I means so 1t wi ll beenga-gegl by-t-he pin on 16. [In a fence-fabric machine, a reel for 2reel for'adjusti'ng the pesition of said moving receiving the fabric asit is woven, a recipmeans. roaming bar for actuating sail reel, a CrivjIn witness whereof We have -ltereunto ing-v'vheel vxith & pin lneunteieccentriealiy J aflixeil our signewres in' the presence 01" the 15 onit, adjustable means engaged by sail pin witnesses herein named. I at;eaeh'revolution of the wheel for moving ai;l reciprocating be!" in onedirection, a;

CHAR-LES A. BLUME. lRA D. BLUME. Witnesses: I C. L. BOL'KM,

FREDC. WEST.

said whel dugmg Various edjustrnehts, and means actuated by'the e011ofwne 0n the

